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Fatty Joins The Force

A Fatty Arbuckle comedy from 1913 co-starring Al St John and Edgar Kennedy

Fatty Joins the Force is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.[1] It features the Keystone Kops in a background role.

Fatty is an obese and timid man who rescues a little girl from drowning. The girl turns out to be the daughter of the Police Commissioner. The grateful Commissioner offers Fatty a job on the Police Force. Fatty accepts but soon finds out the job isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Cast[edit]
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty
Dot Farley as Fatty's wife
Minta Durfee as Nursemaid
Edgar Kennedy as Policeman in the park
George Nichols as Police Commissioner
William White as Police Captain
Charles Avery as Desk Sergeant
Mack Swain as Policeman